Ready to Leave: 5 Tips for Crafting Your Exit Strategy from Your Job

If your workplace fails to provide emotional fulfillment, recognition for your accomplishments, a sense of personal values alignment, and an overall positive work environment, you may be considering the possibility of resigning from your job. Are you also planning to quit your job? If yes, then here are the steps on how to plan your exit strategy and quit your job:

1.     Understanding why you are leaving.

Workers were leaving their current position to look for a role with better working conditions. Generally, people want to quit their job because of unsatisfied compensation, lack of career growth, company culture, bad management, and lack of corporate vision. Find out the exact reason behind your dissatisfaction by analyzing/generalizing the working condition, your career, and other factors.

2.    Choosing Your Next Career Move.

Now it’s your turn to decide where you are forwarding ahead by determining your career goal. Why are you leaving your current job and what are you looking for next better position which is your exact career growth opportunity?

First, you need to explore sectors that hold a greater opportunity to meet your long-term goal, growth, skills, and self-assessment. You need to select career options by exploring the future and jumping on the job hunt.

3.     Finding Openings that Align with Your Goals.

Before leaving your current position, you need to consider temporary work

through which you can value yourself and your future career goal. Most organizations use social media for recruiting. So, be sure to clean up your social media profile before sending off an application.

Although, if you are job hunting before quitting, don’t post anything about looking for a new position. Continue your job search on sites like LinkedIn, different job portals, and newspapers. As you peruse roles available in your area, read more about the responsibilities for each one. Finally, highlight the job titles that sound like a good fit.

4.     Tips for when you quit.

You need to choose the right time to quit your job. Before leaving, write a professional resignation letter. It should be polite and professional and should include the date of your last day. Before you leave, make sure you have completed all of your tasks and project.

You must thank your employer even if you are leaving on bad terms and also highlight the gratitude you have for the opportunity given to you. Be prepared for a counteroffer from your manager but feel confident in rejecting such an offer, if you accept counteroffers then there is a high chance of leaving within a few months.

5.     So, what’s Next?

You might be confused about what’s next after quitting a job and before joining a new job. You should remember your job description and roles that will reflect the learning which will help you to achieve success. Arrive early with a positive attitude and make friends at work by introducing yourself.

Before your first day, you must research the social media post to get a feel for the office-appropriate attire of the company. Asking more questions will help you to understand the culture and system of the company.

By Niru Tharu 
Intern at Jobs Sniper Pvt. Ltd.